It seemed only a matter of time before David Hilton wound up all in. We have been watching him be ground down by the relentless aggression of Dong-bin Han. It finally happened.
Hilton opened for 100,000, then shoved all in for about 1.2 million after Han re-raised to 400,000. Han tanked for about two minutes before announcing a call!
Hilton:
Han:
Han's adventurous call left him in a bad spot, as his king-nine was dominated by Hilton's ace-king. Nobody improved on a board of , allowing Hilton to double up to 2.4 million. He's back in the game.
Preflop, Hilton opened to 50,000 and Han made the call. The flop came and Han checked. Hilton led out 80,000 and Han check-raised to 280,000. Hilton decided to fold.
On a flop of Dong-bin Han fired out 55,000 and David Hilton called.
They both checked the turn and moved to the river. Once again Han opted for a bet just over the minimum, leading 55,000 again. Hilton called, but mucked quickly upon seeing Han's .
It seems like every pot of any signficance is going to Dong-bin Han. He and David Hilton checked an all-diamond flop, . On the turn , Hilton checked again, then called a bet of 150,000 from Han. Both players checked the river, with Han showing down top pair, , to take the pot.
Recently, Hilton limped in and Han checked. They both checked the flop. On the turn Han fired 75,000 and Hilton called. The river was the and Han bet 175,000, this time Hilton folded.
It's unusual to see Dong-bin Han play a hand slowly, but we just had a hand where both players limped into the pot and checked the flop. Hilton checked again on the turn, then folded to a bet of 75,000 from Han.
David Hilton opened to 100,000 and Dong-bin Han made it an additional 175,000. Hilton came back over the top for 350,000 more. This sent Han into the tank and he folded.
Dong-bin Han has been controlling the pace of this heads-up match repeatedly betting at and raising David Hilton, especially before the flop. He has been three-betting Hilton relentlessly, with little pushback from Hilton. Hilton may have realized what's going on, because he opened a recent pot to 100,000, faced a re-raise to 335,000 from Han, and then fired back another 400,000 himself. That slowed down Han and induced a fold.